Introductory Psychology Documents

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Brain Homework
Identify the brain structure associated with each scenario.
1. James was playing golf when he was struck by lightening. The lightening struck the back of his
head, damaging his occipital lobes. If he survives, what aspect of functioning wil

12.1Thresholds1
Thresholds
We exist in a sea of energy. At this moment, you and I are being struck by xrays and radio
waves, ultraviolet and infrared light,andsoundwavesofveryhighandverylowfrequencies.To
all of these we are blind and deaf. Other animals

36.5SexandHumanValues1
SexandHumanValues
Recognizing that values are both personal and cultural, most sex researchers and educators strive to
keeptheirwritingsonsexualityvaluefree.
But can the study of sexual behavior and what motivates it ever be freeof

22.2ExtendingSkinnersUnderstanding1
ExtendingSkinnersExperiments
CognitionandOperantConditioning
A mere eight days before dying of leukemia, Skinner (1990) stood before the American
Psychological Association convention for one final critique of "cognitiv

38.1TheoriesofEmotion1
TheoriesofEmotion
There are two controversies over the interplay of our physiology, expressions, and experience in
emotions. The first, a chickenandegg debate, is old: Does your physiological arousal precede or
follow your emotiona

PSYCH100:INTRODUCTORYPSYCHOLOGY
Unit3:DevelopmentalPsychology
Unit 3: Developmental Psychology (1 of 6)
Unit 3: Developmental Psychology
Commentary
In this unit, well continue to learn about how we develop our intellect and our personalities as we
grow an

24.1MemoryLossandMemoryFeats1
24.1MemoryLossandMemoryFeats
Studying memory's extremes has helped researchers understand how memory works. Some
studies have explored the roots and fruits of memory loss. At age92,myfathersufferedasmall
stroke that had but

28.3ImprovingMemory1
28.3ImprovingMemory
How might we apply memory principles in everyday situationsperhaps to better remember a
person'snameoreventhematerialofthismodule?
Now and then we are dismayed at our forgetfulnessat our embarrassing inability to

13.3VisualInformationProcessing1
VisualInformationProcessing
Visual information percolates through progressively more abstract levels. At the entry level,the
retinawhich is actually brain tissue that migrates to the eye during early fetal
developmentproc

17.4PerceptualandtheHumanFactor1
PerceptualandtheHumanFactor
I love my new bedside clockradio, though I struggle to remember which buttons are Snooze,
Alarm Off, and Radio On. Our stoveisalsowonderful,exceptforthemomentsIspendpuzzling
over which control

8PrenatalDevelopmentandtheNewborn1
PRENATALDEVELOPMENTANDTHENEWBORN
Ashima Ganguli . . . is in labor. . . . She is alone, cut off bycurtainsfromthethreeotherwomenin
has slept alone, surrounded by strangers all her life she has slept either in a room with

17.5IsThereExtrasensoryPerception?t1
IsThereExtrasensoryPerception?
Can we perceiveonlywhatwesense?Or,withoutsensoryinput,arewecapableof
extrasensory
perception (
ESP
)? Are there indeed peopleany peoplewho can read minds, see through
walls, or foretell

36.2ThePsychologyofSex21
ThePsychologyofSex2
Hunger and sex are different sortsofmotivations.Hungerrespondstoaneed.Ifwedonoteat,wedie.
Sex is not in this sense a need. If we do not have sex, we may feel like dying, but we do not.
Nevertheless, there are

10.4EmergingAdulthood1
EmergingAdulthood
As people mature in young adulthood, their emotional ties with parents loosen. During their early
twenties, many still lean heavily on their parents. By their late twenties, most feel more comfortably
independent

38.3EmbodiedEmotion1
EmbodiedEmotion
Whether you are eagerly anticipatingalongawaitedvacation,fallinginlove,orgrievingthedeathofa
loved one,you need little convincing that emotions involve the body. Feeling without a body is like
breathing without lungs.

21.2ExtendingPavlovsUnderstanding1
ExtendingPavlovsUnderstanding
CognitiveProcesses
The early behaviorists believedthatthelearnedbehaviorsof variousorganismscouldbereduced
to mindless mechanisms. Any presumption of cognition in rats and dogs therefore st

13.4ColorVision1
ColorVision
We talk as though objects possess color. We say, "Atomatoisred."Perhaps you havepondered
the old question, "If a tree falls in the forest and no onehearsit,doesit makeasound?"Wecan
askthesameofcolor:Ifnooneseesthetomato,isitr

10.1PhysicalDevelopment1
PhysicalDevelopment
Adolescence begins with puberty, the time when one is maturing sexually.Puberty follows a surge of
hormones, which may intensify moods and which trigger a twoyear period of rapid physical
development, usually

8.1Conception1
Conception
Nothing is more natural than a species reproducing itself. Yet nothing is more wondrous. Consider
human reproduction. Theprocessstartswhenawoman'sovaryreleasesamatureegg,acellroughlythe
size of the period attheendofthissentence,

8.2PrenatalDevelopment1
PrenatalDevelopment
Fewerthanhalfofallfertilizedeggs,calledzygotes,survivebeyondthefirst2weeks(Grobstein,1979
Hall, 2004). But for you and me, good fortune prevailed. Beginning as one cell, each of us became 2
cells, then 4each ce

21.1PavlovsExperiments1
PavlovsExperiments
Pavlov was driven by a lifelongpassionforresearch.Aftersettingasidehisinitialplantofollow
his father into the Russian Orthodox priesthood, Pavlov receivedamedicaldegreeat age33and
spent the next two decades stud

26.3LongTermMemory1
26.3LongTermMemory
In Arthur Conan Doyle's
AStudyinScarlet
,SherlockHolmesoffersapopulartheoryofmemory
capacity:
I consider thataman'sbrainoriginallyislikealittleemptyattic,andyouhavetostockit
with such furniture as you choose. It is

22.1SkinnersExperiments1
SkinnersExperiments
B. F. Skinner (19041990) was a college English major and an aspiring writer who, seeking a
new direction, entered graduate school in psychology. He went on to become modern
behaviorism's most influential and

Abramowich 1
The Significance of a Childs Attitude in Future Success
The famous English writer, Graham Greene once said, There is always one moment in
childhood when the door opens and lets the future in.According to a study performed by many
psychologist

How Different Parenting Styles Effect Different Chidren
Diana Baumrind studied many upper-middle class families, mostly the families of
faculty at the University of California Berkley, in the mid-1960s. She then came up with her four
parenting categories:

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I have learned a lot in this course. Psychology is very complicated and I understood how much information it contains by taking this course.

Course highlights:

Not only have I learned that i want to pursue a career pertaining to psych, I have learned how important it is to study and read the textbook.

Hours per week:

9-11 hours

Advice for students:

To succeed in this course, you have to go to class. You also have to get the textbook and read each chapter twice, as well as outline the chapter. Do the quizzes at the end of the chapters and complete the study guides that he posts on Angel.

Course Term:Fall 2016

Professor:MATCHOCK,ROBERT

Course Required?Yes

Course Tags:Great Intro to the SubjectAlways Do the Reading

Dec 01, 2016

| Would highly recommend.

Not too easy. Not too difficult.

Course Overview:

The professor is an enjoyable person and tries to set up his class so that everyone can understand what they're being taught. Plus he only teaches what is necessary.

Course highlights:

You learn a lot about what causes you to perform certain actions. Anything that you did of supposedly of your own will was most likely influenced by someone else!

Hours per week:

0-2 hours

Advice for students:

Do the required reading before class and take notes on the reading. It really only has to be on definitions and big ideas.

Course Term:Fall 2016

Professor:CARDENAS,RODRIGO

Course Required?Yes

Course Tags:Go to Office HoursAlways Do the ReadingA Few Big Assignments

Nov 02, 2016

| Would highly recommend.

Not too easy. Not too difficult.

Course Overview:

Professor Peck was a great professor who really kept his students engaged throughout the whole semester.

Course highlights:

I think the highlights were the video clips and interesting examples that he gave to help you better understand the concepts in a fun way.

Hours per week:

3-5 hours

Advice for students:

Go to class and pay attention, it really helps when you are taking the test. You will recall his different examples that he puts in the test to help jog your memory on the concept. Read the textbook as well, but most of the exams will be on the notes that you take in class. Remember to print out the notes that he gives to you before hand with the blank spaces to fill in on angel because he will go to fast otherwise and you can focus more on taking notes outside of just the things that are on the slides.